The Pittsburgh area is a national energy powerhouse and contributes to Pennsylvania’s status as an energy titan that helps power the entire U.S. economy.
However, new regulations from the Biden administration covering items as varied as cars and trucks, electric stoves, and solar panels may undermine Pittsburgh jobs and the energy industry that powers Western Pennsylvania’s economy.
As Heritage Foundation scholar Diana Furchtgott-Roth observed, “It isn’t complicated. Pennsylvania is fortunate to have vast reserves of coal, oil, and natural gas. China, meanwhile, produces almost 80% of the world’s batteries and 80% of the world’s wind turbines and solar panels.”
Furchtgott-Roth added, “As the Biden administration’s rules move us further and further away from traditional sources of energy and toward a so-called clean energy future, it undermines jobs in places such as Pittsburgh and makes our economy more and more reliant on China.”
A recent event hosted by a local organization illustrated Pittsburgh’s reliance on coal, gas, and natural gas – and Pennsylvanians’ desire for low prices at the pump.
The “roll back” event was in partnership with a Pittsburgh-area Sunoco station where they gave drivers a “pre-Bidenomics break at the pump” by lowering prices to $2.38 per gallon for the first 100 customers.
Cars were lined up around the block for a chance to purchase gas at the average price it was when Biden took office. While the Biden Administration has one idea of Americans’ energy priorities, if one judges by the turnout at the event, Americans appear to have a completely different preference.
